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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 509966" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>Great idea! One of husband's friends owns a garage/gas station. husband spoke to him and got him to offer difficult child 1 a job pumping gas. All difficult child 1 had to do was go there and ask husband's friend for his schedule. difficult child 1 didn't want the job, thought it was beneath him, and procrastinated to the point that when he finally asked for a ride to speak to him, the job had already been filled. Sadly, there was no way we could get difficult child 1 to do anything he didn't want to do no matter what the consequences were. To this day, difficult child 1 is the most stubborn person I know!! </p><p></p><p>on the other hand, if difficult child 2 had been capable of holding a job, he would have gladly accepted the offer. While difficult child 2 is extremely lazy, his love of monkey books, toys, movies, etc., etc. etc. would have been enough of a motivator to get him to work.</p><p></p><p>I think society in general, assumes that by the time a child is in middle school, he/she will be able to babysit, "dogsit," mow lawns, become a CIT at a camp, enjoy hanging out with friends, etc... It is assumed that kids this age don't need supervision to the extent younger children do. This way of thinking might be OK for (some) PCs but leaves parents of difficult children frazzled, worn out, just totally drained in every possible way. Add budget woes to this and you have a recipe for disaster... SFR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 509966, member: 3388"] Great idea! One of husband's friends owns a garage/gas station. husband spoke to him and got him to offer difficult child 1 a job pumping gas. All difficult child 1 had to do was go there and ask husband's friend for his schedule. difficult child 1 didn't want the job, thought it was beneath him, and procrastinated to the point that when he finally asked for a ride to speak to him, the job had already been filled. Sadly, there was no way we could get difficult child 1 to do anything he didn't want to do no matter what the consequences were. To this day, difficult child 1 is the most stubborn person I know!! on the other hand, if difficult child 2 had been capable of holding a job, he would have gladly accepted the offer. While difficult child 2 is extremely lazy, his love of monkey books, toys, movies, etc., etc. etc. would have been enough of a motivator to get him to work. I think society in general, assumes that by the time a child is in middle school, he/she will be able to babysit, "dogsit," mow lawns, become a CIT at a camp, enjoy hanging out with friends, etc... It is assumed that kids this age don't need supervision to the extent younger children do. This way of thinking might be OK for (some) PCs but leaves parents of difficult children frazzled, worn out, just totally drained in every possible way. Add budget woes to this and you have a recipe for disaster... SFR [/QUOTE]
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